After weeks of outcries from fans around the world, Nintendo finally announced today when its latest Direct live stream will be transpiring. Taking place this Thursday at 9:00am EST/6:00am PST, Nintendo will be holding a Direct centered entirely on the upcoming release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. This event will be held exactly one month before
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Little Town Hero, a new Gamefreak IP which released on October 16th of last year, is getting a physical release thanks to publisher NIS America. The Big Idea Edition is slated for a Spring 2020 launch and will come with an artbook, poster, lapel pin set, official soundtrack, and collector’s box. The set is available
While it might not be one of the more marquee releases in early 2020, Devil May Cry 3 is set to make its way to the Nintendo Switch next month. Even though this release of the game at face value might seem like just a standard port of DMC3 on Nintendo’s latest platform, Capcom has today stated
PlatinumGames announced on January 7 the studio has received a capital investment from Tencent Holdings Ltd, entering a business alliance with the Chinese game company. PlatinumGames mentioned this alliance will strengthen its foundations, and allow the studio to work towards self-publishing the games it develops in the future. Lastly, PlatinumGames will keep striving to create
Amidst rumors of a new Nintendo Direct that could be coming about in the near future, it seems as though developer PlatinumGames could be gearing up to reveal more on the highly-anticipated action title Bayonetta 3. In a message given to Inside Games talking about the year ahead, Platinum’s studio head Atsushi Inaba said that fans
Before previous Nintendo Directs, unspecified SKU listings have appeared on websites like Amazon and GameStop. While these are technically placeholder listings, they do indicate impending announcements. The cycle seems to be repeating itself once again, as Twitter user @YuYuKami spotted brand new GameStop SKU listings for Nintendo Switch games. GameStop system doing it’s usual pre-direct
While people are drawn most to the smattering of Nintendo Directs that happen throughout any given year, Nintendo also does their fair share of indie presentations. The most recent Indie World Showcase took place in August, but today we learned that another one is coming tomorrow, December 10. Nintendo says that Indie World will cover
Just under one year ago, Nintendo introduced us to a brand new IP from Game Freak called Town. Unfortunately, we have barely heard anything about the title since then outside of the fact that it was still slated for 2019. Town finally reemerged during today’s Nintendo Direct, and we got to see more gameplay and
Nintendo has held some kind of Nintendo Direct in September nearly every year since the program’s inception, and 2019 will be no different. People have been speculating about a new Nintendo Direct ever since an officially licensed Overwatch Nintendo Switch case leaked on Amazon, and today Nintendo finally confirmed on Twitter that one is coming
The E3 2019 Nintendo Direct will surely bring us some great announcements from this year’s slate of games. But how long can we expect to stare at our computer screens for? According to a Niconico page (via Reddit), we’ll be watching all of Nintendo’s reveals for approximately 40 minutes. The video’s description on the Japanese
Nintendo revealed today its schedule for E3. Multiple live streams and events will be held by Nintendo during all of E3, including a special Nintendo Direct for E3. The Nintendo Direct E3 2019 will be held on June 11, at 9 AM PT. According to Nintendo, we’ll get a sneak peek at some of the upcoming
During the last few weeks, rumors have been circulating in the video game world about the probability of a Nintendo Direct occurring sometime soon. Well, we have just received some information from a reliable source about when the next Direct is now supposed to occur. Our source who works closely with Nintendo — they do
Ubisoft announced today that it is stopping production of physical toys for its toys-to-life game Starlink: Battle for Atlas. The modular toy technology was one of the main selling points for the game originally. However, due to sales that “fell below expectations”, they will be shutting that portion of the product down and focusing on
As of next week, Sony will now be joining both Microsoft and Nintendo when it comes to offering its own video presentation related to upcoming releases. This morning, Sony officially announced State of Play which will be a new ongoing video presentation series that details PlayStation products. Much like Nintendo’s Direct videos or Microsoft’s Inside
Blaster Master Zero 2, the sequel to Blaster Master Zero developed by Inti Creates, has been announced during today’s Nintendo Direct. The title will be coming out today for the Switch. Blaster Master was a run and gun title released by Sunsoft back in 1988 for the NES. Inti Creates released a remake of the
Generation 8 of Pokemon is here! After first being teased over a year and a half ago, Game Freak, Nintendo, and The Pokemon Company decided to unveil Pokemon Sword and Shield during a Pokemon-focused Direct. This is the first mainline Pokemon game to be developed solely for a home console and it definitely looks the part. Instead
We’ve known that Dragon Quest Builders 2 would be coming westward for some time, but have now finally learned when it will be arriving. During today’s Nintendo Direct, Square Enix confirmed that Dragon Quest Builders 2 will be releasing for Nintendo Switch and PS4 simultaneously on July 12 and released the game’s opening movie. Above,
With a player count that has now surpassed over 38 million players worldwide, Warframe has rightfully claimed its title as one of the world’s most popular free-to-play games across consoles and PC, and now Switch owners can look forward to hopping into the game in just a few months. During today’s Nintendo Direct, the Nintendo Switch
Given that the system is so well-suited to being played portably or at home, it’s a natural fit for board game-style experiences to come to the Nintendo Switch, with several classics now coming to the system over the next year. During today’s Nintendo Direct, one of the more surprising announcements from Nintendo was that several
Every few months, Nintendo holds a Nintendo Direct presentation that highlights the large company’s upcoming titles across all platforms. Today, Nintendo confirmed that they would be holding another Direct tomorrow, September 6, in order to discuss upcoming titles for both Nintendo Switch and 3DS. According to Nintendo, this presentation will be about 35 minutes long,
As the final conference to close out the pre-E3 festivities, Nintendo delivered a good amount of announcements and news from things we expected to hear, such as a full reveal for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for Nintendo Switch, today’s launch of Fortnite for the system, new content for Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and more, though two big titles were
Fortnite has become a global phenomenon in the past few months since releasing its Battle Royale mode last fall, and a big portion of that has had to do with the fact that the game has been so widely accessible on various platforms. Like in its previous iterations, the latest release for the game —
Epic Games’ Fortnite, in case you haven’t heard, is the game that is currently dominating the globe with tens of millions of players on consoles, PC, and mobile, and now the ever-popular shooter is making its way to Nintendo Switch owners…right now. During the latest Nintendo Direct for E3 2018, the company officially announced that Fortnite will
One of the worst parts of living in New York City in June is being so far from the hustle and bustle of E3 [Editor’s Note: try living in Europe… – G]. Actually, the worst part of living in New York City in June might be the smell on the trains. Regardless of which is
Surprise Nintendo Direct announcements are becoming the norm for Kyoto-based publisher, Nintendo. And just like in the past, Nintendo surpise-revealed a brand new Nintendo Direct will be coming tomorrow — March 8, 2018 — focusing on games for Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS, but most of all focusing on Mario Tennis Aces. The news of a
Nintendo revealed today that there will be yet another Nintendo Direct next week, this time focusing on Xenoblade Chronicles 2, which is currently poised to hit the Nintendo Switch on December 1. While Nintendo did not disclose how long the Direct will end up being, the site for it is already live. This Xenoblade Chronicles
Nintendo announced today that they will be holding another short Nintendo Direct tomorrow to reveal their upcoming Animal Crossing mobile game. The Animal Crossing focused Direct will only last fifteen minutes, and will not cover any 3DS or Nintendo Switch software. As I mentioned before, the Nintendo Direct will be held tomorrow, specifically from 8pm PT/11pm ET,
On today’s Nintendo Direct, a plethora of Nintendo Switch titles were showcased alongside gameplay and trailers. From 3D platformers to arcade classics, there were plenty of games that would peak the interest of Switch owners. First of all, we get Arena of Valor, a MOBA with 35 different heroes with their own unique role including tanks,
On today’s Nintendo Direct, a plethora of Nintendo Switch titles were showcased alongside gameplay and trailers. From 3D platformers to arcade classics, there were plenty of games that would peak the interest of Switch owners. First of all, we get Arena of Valor, a MOBA with 35 different heroes with their own unique role including tanks,
Nintendo has a big holiday season ahead for both the 3DS and Switch, and tonight the company showed off plenty of what it has in store for its flagship systems in the company’s latest Nintendo Direct that packs in a ton of announcements into 45 minutes. The latest Direct broadcast is officially over, and if